Barrington Research Brokers Cut Earnings Estimates for HURN

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN) – Analysts at Barrington Research reduced their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for Huron Consulting Group in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, August 7th. Barrington Research analyst K. Steinke now anticipates that the business services provider will post earnings of $1.90 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.95. Barrington Research currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $176.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Huron Consulting Group’s current full-year earnings is $6.10 per share. Barrington Research also issued estimates for Huron Consulting Group’s Q4 2025 earnings at $2.03 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.51 EPS.

Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The business services provider reported $1.89 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.79 by $0.10. Huron Consulting Group had a net margin of 6.60% and a return on equity of 25.52%. The firm had revenue of $402.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $402.67 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.68 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 8.3% on a year-over-year basis.

Separately, Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Huron Consulting Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Huron Consulting Group currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $171.50.

Huron Consulting Group Trading Up 1.0%

HURN stock opened at $133.00 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.99 and a current ratio of 1.99. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $134.86 and its 200 day simple moving average is $138.40. Huron Consulting Group has a 52 week low of $101.84 and a 52 week high of $155.00. The company has a market capitalization of $2.30 billion, a PE ratio of 23.21 and a beta of 0.26.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Quarry LP bought a new position in shares of Huron Consulting Group in the first quarter worth about $31,000. Heck Capital Advisors LLC bought a new position in Huron Consulting Group in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in Huron Consulting Group in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $35,000. CWM LLC raised its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 55.9% in the 1st quarter. CWM LLC now owns 407 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $58,000 after buying an additional 146 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SBI Securities Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in Huron Consulting Group by 725.5% in the 2nd quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 421 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $58,000 after buying an additional 370 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 93.90% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Huron Consulting Group

In related news, Director H Eugene Lockhart sold 1,040 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $136.74, for a total value of $142,209.60. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 8,162 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,116,071.88. This represents a 11.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director John Mccartney sold 500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $129.11, for a total transaction of $64,555.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 51,317 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,625,537.87. This represents a 0.96% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 4,708 shares of company stock valued at $633,121. 2.15% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Huron Consulting Group

Huron Consulting Group Inc, a professional services firm, provides consultancy services in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Healthcare, Education, and Commercial. The Healthcare segment provides financial and operational performance improvement consulting services; digital offerings, spanning technology and analytic-related services; software products; organizational transformation services; revenue cycle managed and outsourcing services; financial and capital advisory consulting services; and strategy and innovation consulting services to national and regional health systems, academic and community health systems, federal health system, public, children’s and critical access hospitals, physician practices and medical groups, payors, and long-term care or post-acute providers.